Cotton-chopper



(No Model.)

E. W. CLARK.

COTTON OHOPPER. No. 369,316. Patented Sept. 6, 1887 mlmremumlmllllllllilm ELISHA IVM. CLARK, OF SENTAFFEY, FLORIDA.

COTTON-SHOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,316, dated September 6, 1887.

Application filed June 53S, 1887. Serial No. 242,758. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.' l

Beit known that I, ELIsnA WM. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sentaffey, in the county of Alachua and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Choppers, and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of .reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiieation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a top plan view of a cotton chopper constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the saine. Fig. 3 is a detail, more particularly hereinafter referred to.

lily invention relates to that class of devicesV which are known as cottonchoppersg7 and :it has for its object to produce a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, ease of operation and manipulation, and general efficiency.

To these ends, and to such others as the i nvention may relate, the same consists in the peculiar combinations, and in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then specically defined in the claims.

Referring now to the details of the drawings, A designates a frame of suitable construction, made preferably of a single piece of malleable iron and provided with bearings B B for the transverse axle C, carrying upon its outer ends the wheels D.

E is a beveled pinion mounted upon the end of the hollow shaft E, which is journaled upon the stationary shaft EZ. Rotary motion is imparted to the shaft E by means of the engagement of the pinion E, mounted upon said shaft, with the beveled gear F upon the inner face of one of the Wheels D.

G G are hoes which are adjustably secured to the arms G', secured to the hollow shaft E.

II is the draft-bar, the rear end of which isv bifureated, as shown, and adapted to embrace within this bifurcated end the front end of the stationary shaft E2, to which it is pivotally attached. The rear ends of the iron composing the frame are bent inwardly and securely bolted to the shaft E2 at a point intermediate of the beveled pinion E and the forward end of the shaft.

'H' is an upright, pivoted at its lower cud to the front end of the frame and provided at intervals of its length with holes (t, which permit of the adjustment of the angle of the draft-bar by means of an adjusting-pin passed through one of the holes and through a corresponding hole in the draft-bar.

.I J are the handles of the machine, which are pivotally connected to the front end of the frame A, and provided with holes b b, by means of which and the corresponding holes, 1;', in the draft-bar H the handles may be readily raised or lowered, as desired.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that the length of the hoe arms or handles may be regulated at will. The hoes may be readily detached or changed at will.

I have found it convenient at times to use a plow in connection with the machine, and in doing so I bolt the same to the forward end of the stationary shaft E2, as Ihavc indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. rIhe plow may be used either in connection with or entirely independent of the hoes, as will be readily understood. l

Having thus described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a cotton-chopper, the combination, with a frame, of a transverse main shaft or axle, drive-wheels l)'ournaled upon said shaft, one of the wheels being provided with beveled gearing, a hollow shaft carrying a series of adj ustable hoes and a beveled pinion, and adraftbar and handles each pivoted to the frame and ad- `iustable upon each other, substantially as described.

2. In a cotton -chopper, the combination, with the frame and the main axle and driving-wheels, of the hollow shaft E', carrying the chopping-hoes and pinion E, the stationary shaft El, passed through said hollow shaft, and the draftbar I-I, pivotally connected at its rear end to the front end4 of said stationary shaft and adj estable upon the handles and the bar H, substantially as and for the purpose described. Y

3. In a cotton-chopper, the main axle and driving-wheels, a hollow shaft geared to said wheels and carrying chopper-arms, and a stationary shaft passed through said hollow shaft, in combination with the frame A, substanlro tially rectangular in form and composed of a single piece of malleable iron with its ends bent inwardly at the rear end of the frame and secured to the stationary shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELISHA WM. CLARK. Witnesses:

I. R. HUBBARD, J. P. MGLANE. 

